LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Notorious Zamfara State bandit kingpin, Bello Turji has attacked military forces at Yar Dolen Kaura village along Shinkafi-Kauran Nadmoda way yesterday September 28, 2022. Turji had vowed to carry out devastating reprisal attacks following recent aerial shelling of his residence by Nigerian military fighter jets in Fakai, Shinkafi LGA and other hidden…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji in conjunction with other security agencies, successfully repelled an attack by suspected Islamic States for West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists and bandits on the Forward Operation Base (FOB) at Burkusuma in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The Military is a statement signed Director Defence…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Military officers in Mali detained the president, prime minister and defence minister of the interim government on Monday, deepening political chaos just months after a military coup ousted the previous president, multiple sources told Reuters. President Bah Ndaw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and defence minister Souleymane Doucoure were all taken to a…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Boko Haram insurgents have launched a major attack on the base of the special forces of the 27 Task Force Brigade, located in Ngomari in Buni Yadi and Kumuya in the Buni Gari area of Yobe State, killing three soldiers while about 171 others reportedly fled the base or are missing in…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rockets have been fired near the US Embassy in Baghdad and a military airbase housing American troops. At least two rockets landed near the embassy, which is located in the security-tight Green Zone, according to Sky News Arabia. It also reported that security at the embassy’s perimeter was stepped up after the…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Boko Haram insurgents have carried out multiple attacks on military bases in Borno state, overrunning three of them and stealing weapons, security sources said on Monday. Fighters believed to be from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), the IS-linked faction of Boko Haram, stormed four bases from Friday through Sunday in…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Boko Haram fighters in northeastern Nigeria attacked and overran an army outpost, stealing weapons before fleeing. Gunmen from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), the ISIL-linked faction of Boko Haram, attacked the base in Borno state late on Friday, two military sources said on Saturday. The fighters, driving more than a…
